67 m. ago Cheers! Pubs to be allowed to pour pints until 1am if a British team reaches next summer's World Cup quarter final

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants to extend opening hours if the Three Lions - or any home nation - reach the quarters, semis or final. Landlords and industry leaders said it will boost the ailing sector.

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3 h. ago UK snow: Widespread snowfall forecast in just hours with 10 towns hit as maps turn white

Snow is forecast to fall on 10 towns across the UK as a chilly spell sweeps across the British Isles, sending temperatures plummeting to below 0C in numerous pockets

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4 h. ago British expat on the Gold Coast is 'weirded out' by Aussie act at gyms and beaches: 'It's an un

A British woman living on the Gold Coast has sparked fierce debate after calling out one 'crazy' Aussie habit -something she says would 'never' happen in London.

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6 h. ago British and Australian stars face off on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins as Channel 4 confirms full line

Fans of the Channel 4 show don't have long to wait until Chief Instructor, Billy Bilingham MBE and his staff Foxy, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver will be pushing the group to their limits.

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7 h. ago Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds

‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security reportChatbots can sway people’s political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver “substantial” amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government’s AI security body.Researchers said the study was the largest and most systematic investigation of AI persuasiveness to date, involving nearly 80,000 British participants holding conversations with 19 different AI models. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 86% of British kids fear for the future of the planet and want to do their bit to help save Earth

Research found an overwhelming majority of children want people to live as greenly as possible with items like solar panels, EV chargers, smart thermostats and heat pumps

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8 h. ago Elvis claimed he once saw a UFO and here's the other celebs who have too

We have a British pop legend who has sold out stadiums, a former US president and a man considered by most to be the greatest guitarist of all time

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10 h. ago Family of Salisbury Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess condemn inquiry's 'unanswered questions' as it finds Vladimir Putin ordered attack on Sergei Skripal 'to show Russian power'

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, pictured here with daughter Yulia, was poisoned by Novichok at his home in Salisbury. A report today found Putin authorised the hit as a show of Russian strength.

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11 h. ago All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – a deliciously sweary, prize

The actor Paul Hilton brilliantly inhabits the character of a ranting working-class academic in this debut novelSome books feel so suited to the audio format that they could have been written with the voice in mind. All My Precious Madness is one of those. Mark Bowles’s debut novel, which won the audiobook fiction category at the inaugural British Audio awards (where, full disclosure, I was a judge), is a deliciously sweary monologue from a middle-aged malcontent.A sideways reflection on working-class identity and masculinity, the novel gives voice to Henry Nash, a man of little patience. Sitting in a London coffee shop and trying to write a monograph of his father, he rains judgment on the other patrons whose obnoxious phone calls he can’t help but overhear. An Oxford graduate turned writer and academic, Nash lives in a Soho flat where he has been known to furtively drop eggs on passersby who disturb him with their drunken racket. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago American bloke sparks 'international incident' by eating British snack the wrong way

British viewers were left stunned after an American influencer devoured a popular UK treat in shocking fashion. The man, known as Russ, later issued an apology after sparking an "international incident"

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11 h. ago Did the earth move for you? residents ask, in village at earthquake epicentre

The British Geological Survey said the quake was felt across Lancashire and the southern Lake District.

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13 h. ago Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter | Jonathan Swarbrick

From income to home ownership and public services, everybody is disgruntled – but for different reasonsThe British economy has endured a series of setbacks in recent years: austerity, Brexit, the global pandemic, soaring energy prices and an increasingly fractured and uncertain world. The early optimism that accompanied Labour’s election victory faded quickly, with a recent poll ranking Rachel Reeves as the worst chancellor in modern history.But is this fair? Is the economy really in as bad a shape as people feel?Jonathan Swarbrick is a lecturer in economics at the University of St Andrews Business School Continue reading...

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13 h. ago UK sanctions Russia’s GRU spy agency over 2018 nerve agent attack

Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018

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13 h. ago Alison Hammond asks 'does this make me Royal' as Prince Harry recreates her viral moment

Prince Harry lip-synced Alison Hammond's viral Great British Bake Off moment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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13 h. ago 10 great British cities to visit instead of London (that are far less crowded)

While the capital is a travel hub for overseas visitors, it’s possible to have the trip of a lifetime in the UK without staying there a single night. Here’s where to spend your vacation instead

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13 h. ago Vladimir Putin was 'morally responsible' for death of Dawn Sturgess in Salisbury Novichok poisonings after authorising attack as a 'public demonstration of Russian power', inquiry finds

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, pictured here with daughter Yulia, was poisoned by Novichok at his home in Salisbury. A report today found Putin authorised the hit as a show of Russian strength.

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14 h. ago Prince Harry's cringeworthy Late Show appearance is an 'embarrassment' and another sign that the novelty of a British prince has 'worn off' in the US, PR expert claims

The Duke of Sussex's jokes on The Late Show about Donald Trump and being a royal failed to land and the novelty of a British prince has 'worn off' in America, Mark Borkowski said.

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14 h. ago Putin deemed 'morally responsible' for death of mum in Salisbury Novichok poisonings

awn Sturgess, a 44-year-old mother-of-three who was poisoned by Novichok left on British streets by Russian agents, an inquiry has ruled.

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14 h. ago Putin 'morally responsible' for death of mum in Salisbury Novichok poisonings

awn Sturgess, a 44-year-old mother-of-three who was poisoned by Novichok left on British streets by Russian agents, an inquiry has ruled.

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14 h. ago Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?The novichok attack on Salisbury in south-west England in March 2018 was an extraordinary event, sending shock waves across the world. The targeted man, the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, recovered from an audacious assassination attempt, but an innocent British citizen, Dawn Sturgess, died. An inquiry was heard in Salisbury and London last year investigating the attack on the Skripals, the response of the emergency services and other public bodies, and how Sturgess was tragically caught up in an international incident. Here are some of the key questions it examined. Continue reading...

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